Do you consider Super Mario Bros. 2 USA a "real" Mario game?

[Xiahou Ba]

There has been constant argument on both sides whether Super Mario Bros. 2 USA is a real Mario game or simply a Doki Doki Panic rip-off. I just want your opinion on this whether you believe that Super Mario Bros. 2 USA is a real Mario game or a fake Mario game that is a rip-off of Doki Doki Panic.

Edit: lol first poll I made

 

[Shyghoul]

It really was a rip off of Doki Doki Panic but it did keep Americans interested in Mario Games until Super Mario Bros. 3 as Super Mario Bros:the lost levels wasn't released in the U.S.A. .So, I think it was a rip off off Doki Doki Panic,but neccesary.

 

[Post-Damage Invincibility]

So we should spend our time better playing "real" Mario games as opposed to fake ones?

 

[Verbal Rhythm]

I pretty much consider any Mario game published by Nintendo to be a "real" Mario game.

 

[Dorayaki]

In the view of Mario history, SMB2USA is an important factor to the later Mario history (characters,games,adaptions,popular culture). No matter it's good or bad, it is a process of Mario series.

 

[GalacticPetey]

Of course it's part of the Mario series.

 

[yoshidude99]

I consider it to be a spinoff.

 

[Smashley]

Yes, I do.

 

[Magikrazy]

I consider it a real Mario game (plus, how could Nintendo rip themselves off?)

 

[IceShadow1199]

I consider it a real Mario game. But I prefer the Doki Doki Panic version because YOU CAN SAVE...

 

[Xiahou Ba]

So we should spend our time better playing "real" Mario games as opposed to fake ones?

That's not the question at all. I wasn't even making that argument.

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

Of course it's a real Mario game. It was produced in a tangible cartridge form, wasn't it?